Hav-Kay [HKY]
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[Deactivated User] on 14 October 2017
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Hav-Kay
Multisyllabic 1-5 syllables per word. Agglutinating. Verb-subject-object. Resembles languages of indigenous South America, particularly Cariban languages, Tupi-Guarani and Quechua. Language is also influenced by Hindi, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Spanish and Indonesian. Hav-Kay uses many grammatical suffixes and prefixes, but word creation relies heavily on sound symbolism and etymology really only comes into play for compound words. Hav-Kay is a descriptive language that attempts to express all physical states of being and carries many synonyms to reflect this.
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||||||||
Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | ʔ | ||||||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | h | ||||||||||||||
Affricate | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ɫ | ||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
Blends | βr | θr | ɬr | ɬl | ɣl | ðr | βy | ɣr | βl | ɬy |
ʎy |
Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Back | ||||
Close | i | y | ɨ | u | ||||
Near-close | ɪ | |||||||
Close-mid | e | o | ||||||
Mid | ə | |||||||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||||
Near-open | æ | |||||||
Open | a | ɑ |